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103:3.1 While the [[belief]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:6._THE_GHOST-SPIRIT_ENVIRONMENT spirits], [[dreams]], and diverse other [[superstitions]] all played a part in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#PAPER_85:_THE_ORIGINS_OF_WORSHIP evolutionary origin] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religions], you should not overlook the [[influence]] of the [[clan]] or [[tribal]] spirit of [[solidarity]]. In the [[group]] [[relationship]] there was presented the exact [[social]] situation which provided the [[challenge]] to the [[egoistic]]-[[altruistic]] [[conflict]] in the [[moral]] [[nature]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND early human mind]. In spite of their [[belief]] in spirits, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigines primitive Australians] still [[focus]] their [[religion]] upon the [[clan]]. In time, such [[religious]] [[concepts]] tend to [[personalize]], first, as [[animals]], and later, as a [[superman]] or as a [[God]]. Even such inferior [[races]] as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen African Bushmen], who are not even [[totemic]] in their [[beliefs]], do have a [[recognition]] of the [[difference]] between the [[self]]-interest and the [[group]]-interest, a [[primitive]] distinction between the [[values]] of the [[secular]] and the [[sacred]]. But the [[social]] [[group]] is not the [[source]] of [[religious]] [[experience]][http://books.google.com/books?id=oeRxqlTiAmsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false]. Regardless of the [[influence]] of all these [[primitive]] contributions to man's [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 early religion], the [[fact]] remains that the true religious [[impulse]] has its [[origin]] in [[genuine]] [[spirit]] [[presences]] [[activating]] the [[Free will|will]] to be [[unselfish]].

103:3.1 While the [[belief]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:6._THE_GHOST-SPIRIT_ENVIRONMENT spirits], [[dreams]], and diverse other [[superstitions]] all played a part in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#PAPER_85:_THE_ORIGINS_OF_WORSHIP evolutionary origin] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religions], you should not overlook the [[influence]] of the [[clan]] or [[tribal]] spirit of [[solidarity]]. In the [[group]] [[relationship]] there was presented the exact [[social]] situation which provided the [[challenge]] to the [[egoistic]]-[[altruistic]] [[conflict]] in the [[moral]] [[nature]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND early human mind]. In spite of their [[belief]] in spirits, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigines primitive Australians] still [[focus]] their [[religion]] upon the [[clan]]. In time, such [[religious]] [[concepts]] tend to [[personalize]], first, as [[animals]], and later, as a [[superman]] or as a [[God]]. Even such inferior [[races]] as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen African Bushmen], who are not even [[totemic]] in their [[beliefs]], do have a [[recognition]] of the [[difference]] between the [[self]]-interest and the [[group]]-interest, a [[primitive]] distinction between the [[values]] of the [[secular]] and the [[sacred]]. But the [[social]] [[group]] is not the [[source]] of [[religious]] [[experience]][http://books.google.com/books?id=oeRxqlTiAmsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false]. Regardless of the [[influence]] of all these [[primitive]] contributions to man's [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 early religion], the [[fact]] remains that the true religious [[impulse]] has its [[origin]] in [[genuine]] [[spirit]] [[presences]] [[activating]] the [[Free will|will]] to be [[unselfish]].

103:3.2 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92 Later religion] is [[foreshadowed]] in the [[primitive]] [[belief]] in [[natural]] [[wonders]] and [[mysteries]], the [[impersonal]] [[mana]]. But sooner or later the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 evolving religion] requires that the [[individual]] should make some [[personal]] [[sacrifice]] for the [[good]] of his [[social]] [[group]], should do something to make other people [[happier]] and better. Ultimately, [[religion]] is [[destined]] to become the [[service]] of [[God]] and of [[man]].

103:3.2 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92 Later religion] is [[foreshadowed]] in the [[primitive]] [[belief]] in [[natural]] [[wonders]] and [[mysteries]], the [[impersonal]] [[mana]]. But sooner or later the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 evolving religion] requires that the [[individual]] should make some [[personal]] [[sacrifice]] for the [[good]] of his [[social]] [[group]], should do something to make other people [[happier]] and better. Ultimately, [[religion]] is [[destined]] to become the [[service]] of [[God]] and of [[man]].

103:3.3 [[Religion]] is [[designed]] to [[change]] man's [[environment]], but much of the [[religion]] found among [[mortals]] today has become helpless to do this. [[Environment]] has all too often [[Dominate|mastered]] [[religion]].

103:3.3 [[Religion]] is [[designed]] to [[change]] man's [[environment]], but much of the [[religion]] found among [[mortals]] today has become helpless to do this. [[Environment]] has all too often [[Dominate|mastered]] [[religion]].

103:3.4 Remember that in the [[religion]] of all ages the [[experience]] which is [[paramount]] is the feeling regarding [[moral]] [[values]] and [[social]] [[meanings]], not the [[thinking]] regarding [[theologic]] [[dogmas]] or [[philosophic]] [[theories]]. [[Religion]] evolves favorably as the element of [[magic]] is replaced by the [[concept]] of [[morals]].

103:3.4 Remember that in the [[religion]] of all ages the [[experience]] which is [[paramount]] is the feeling regarding [[moral]] [[values]] and [[social]] [[meanings]], not the [[thinking]] regarding [[theologic]] [[dogmas]] or [[philosophic]] [[theories]]. [[Religion]] evolves favorably as the element of [[magic]] is replaced by the [[concept]] of [[morals]].

103:3.5 Man evolved through the [[superstitions]] of [[mana]], [[magic]], [[nature]] [[worship]], [[spirit]] [[fear]], and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#85:3._THE_WORSHIP_OF_ANIMALS animal worship] to the various [[ceremonials]] whereby the [[religious]] [[attitude]] of the [[individual]] became the [[group]] [[reactions]] of the [[clan]]. And then these [[ceremonies]] became [[focalized]] and crystallized into [[tribal]] [[beliefs]], and [[eventually]] these [[fears]] and [[faiths]] became [[personalized]] into [[gods]]. But in all of this [[religious]] [[evolution]] the [[moral]] [[element]] was never wholly absent. The [[impulse]] of the [[God]] within man was always [[potent]]. And these [[powerful]] [[influences]]—one [[human]] and the other [[divine]]—insured the [[survival]] of [[religion]] throughout the [[vicissitudes]] of the ages and that notwithstanding it was so often threatened with [[extinction]] by a thousand subversive [[tendencies]] and hostile [[antagonisms]].

103:3.5 Man evolved through the [[superstitions]] of [[mana]], [[magic]], [[nature]] [[worship]], [[spirit]] [[fear]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#85:3._THE_WORSHIP_OF_ANIMALS animal worship] to the various [[ceremonials]] whereby the [[religious]] [[attitude]] of the [[individual]] became the [[group]] [[reactions]] of the [[clan]]. And then these [[ceremonies]] became [[focalized]] and crystallized into [[tribal]] [[beliefs]], and [[eventually]] these [[fears]] and [[faiths]] became [[personalized]] into [[gods]]. But in all of this [[religious]] [[evolution]] the [[moral]] [[element]] was never wholly absent. The [[impulse]] of the [[God]] within man was always [[potent]]. And these [[powerful]] [[influences]]—one [[human]] and the other [[divine]]—insured the [[survival]] of [[religion]] throughout the [[vicissitudes]] of the ages and that notwithstanding it was so often threatened with [[extinction]] by a thousand subversive [[tendencies]] and hostile [[antagonisms]].

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[[Category:Paper 103 - The Reality of Religious Experience]]

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